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//  Makumba, Makumba tag library
//  Copyright (C) 2000-2003  http://www.makumba.org
//
//  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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//
//  This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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//  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
//  Lesser General Public License for more details.
//
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//
//  -------------
//  $Id$
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package org.makumba.db.makumba;

import java.util.Dictionary;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Vector;

/**
 * A query prepared for execution. Returns all its results at once, in a Vector
 * 
 * @author Cristian Bogdan
 */
public interface Query {
    /** Execute the query with the given arguments */
    public Vector<Dictionary<String, Object>> execute(Map<String, Object> args, DBConnection dbc, int offset, int limit);

    public int insert(Map<String, Object> args, DBConnection dbc);

}
